Hu Jintao

English: President Barack Obama talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao during the morning plenary session of the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   Deng Xiaoping (Photo credit: Wikipedia)       Flag of the Chinese Communist Party 贛語: 中國共產黨黨旗 한국어: 중국공산당당기 / 中國共產黨黨旗 lzh: 中國共產黨之黨旗 Português: Bandeira do Partido Comunista da China Русский: Флаг Коммунистической партии Китая Tiếng Việt: 黨旗黨共産中國 / Đảng kỳ Đảng Cộng sản Trung...Read Full Story

China's president Hu Jintao steps down to make way for his successor... a Communist Party 'princeling' who used to live in a caveXi Jinping will take over as party general secretary tomorrow and as president next spring, in China's second orderly power transfer in 63 yearsIn stark contrast to the nail-biting US election, who will govern has been decided in advance and behind closed doors by the authoritarian regimeMr Xi, 59, is one of the select group of 'princelings' descended from former...Read Full Story

By Owen from Global Voices On March 5, 2013, China’s retiring premier Wen Jiabao read out a carefully scripted government work report to a sea of reporters and legislators in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People during the country’s annual session of the parliament, marking his final televised address to the nation before stepping down. The lengthy government work report lifted the curtain on the 2013 China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s highest legislative body whose members...Read Full Story

Xi formally elected Chinese president Beijing: Xi Jinping was named China’s president Thursday by the country’s parliament, one of the final steps in China’s once-in-a-decade leadership change. Four months after taking over as General Secretary of the Communist Party, Xi replaces outgoing leader Hu Jintao after a formal vote of about 3,000 deputies at the National People’s Congress (NPC).The vote, largely a rubber stamp that completes the highly choreographed leadership transition, was...Read Full Story

Flag of the Chinese Communist Party 贛語: 中國共產黨黨旗 한국어: 중국공산당당기 / 中國共產黨黨旗 lzh: 中國共產黨之黨旗 Português: Bandeira do Partido Comunista da China Русский: Флаг Коммунистической партии Китая Tiếng Việt: 黨旗黨共産中國 / Đảng kỳ Đảng Cộng sản Trung Quốc 粵語: 中國共產黨黨旗 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)SINOGRAPHXi opens generation gap The most significant part of China's power transition was not the shift to a new leader but the resignation of his predecessor from posts of influence. That should give new Party General...Read Full Story